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New Year's Resolutions

This year, I resolve to

train more		73%

train less		3%

win blades		27%

qualify for/row at Henley		27%

take a break from rowing		3%

take up rowing again		23%

do all the stretches my physio tells me to do		37%

wash my kit		40%

spend less time on this website		30%

spend more time on this website		10%

stomp		40%

get a (new) job		33%

smile more		30%

buft		40%

win the fancy dress prize at Cardinals		3%

drink more (alcohol)		17%

drink less (alcohol)		27%

not make any resolutions		10%

Total: 30 members' votes

Who delivered more Christmas presents this year ?

Father Christmas		33%

St. Nicholas		6%

Santa Claus		11%

Kriss Kringle		0%

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer		11%

Royal Mail		39%

Total: 18 members' votes

What is your 2k PW?

That's Personal Worst if it's not obvious - only counting pieces you started with the intention of doing a flat out 2k, and discounting any you didn't finish

10:00+		0%

9:40-9:59		0%

9:20-9:39		0%

9:00-9:19		4%

8:50-8:59		4%

8:40-8:49		4%

8:30-8:39		4%

8:20-8:29		7%

8:10-8:19		0%

8:00-8:09		0%

7:50-7:59		7%

7:40-7:49		14%

7:30-7:39		11%

7:20-7:29		4%

7:10-7:19		21%

7:00-7:09		11%

6:50-6:59		7%

6:40-6:49		0%

6:30-6:39		4%

6:20-6:29		0%

6:10-6:19		0%

6:00-6:09		0%

<6:00		0%

Total: 28 members' votes (29 comments...)

Which of these have you experienced on an ergo?

Following on from our discussion of personal worsts, which of these have you done on an ergo?

Thrown up		48%

Got buttock cramp		72%

Shat your pants (preferable to rowing for LMBC)		4%

Had sex		20%

Passed out		4%

Given up		72%

Total: 25 members' votes (4 comments...)

I won the Fairbairn Cup...

In 1956		10%

In 2004		19%

For second boats		24%

For novices		5%

For Fours		10%

In my single scull		67%

Total: 21 members' votes

How often do you wash your kit?

More than once a week		29%

Once a week		24%

Once a fortnight		29%

Once a month		9%

Once a term		3%

When it rains		6%

Total: 34 members' votes (11 comments...)

What is your 2k PB?

>8:20		6%

8:10-8:19		0%

8:00-8:09		0%

7:50-7:59		12%

7:40-7:49		3%

7:30-7:39		3%

7:20-7:29		0%

7:10-7:19		0%

7:00-7:09		6%

6:50-6:59		12%

6:40-6:49		9%

6:30-6:39		15%

6:20-6:29		18%

6:10-6:19		9%

6:00-6:09		3%

5:50-5:59		0%

5:40-5:49		0%

<5:39		3%

Total: 33 members' votes (37 comments...)

Allegiance?

Black Prince BC		44%

First and Third Trinity BC		56%

Total: 50 members' votes (6 comments...)

HoR4s. Select all the options that you think will occur

FaT Men beat BPBC Men		10%

FaT Women beat BPBC women		20%

FaT Men finish higher than they start		65%

FaT Women finish higher than they start		75%

FaT Men have a positive net overtaking record		55%

FaT Women have a positive net overtaking record		45%

FaT men overtaken by BPBC Men		15%

FaT Women overtaken by BPBC Women		5%

FaT Men best college crew		25%

FaT Women best college crew		10%

FaT Men get under the 2nd Lamppost		60%

FaT Women get under the 2nd Lamppost		45%

FaT Men have a huge blade clash		45%

FaT Women have a huge blade clash		50%

FaT Men have a huge blade clash with FaT Women		10%

Total: 20 members' votes (7 comments...)

Which rowing term made you snigger most as a novice?

Stroke		38%

Cox box		0%

Entry		8%

Rack		0%

Pull		0%

Shaft		46%

Scull		0%

Rudder		8%

Total: 13 members' votes (9 comments...)

It is rumoured that most rowers are scientists. Are you?

You need not base this entirely on your degree although I think it will be clear for most

Scientist		65%

Artist		18%

Both		12%

Neither		6%

Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments...)

How should the novices be taught to row?

From backstops		23%

From frontstops		42%

Slowly		35%

Total: 26 members' votes (25 comments...)

Who should the club back as Sports Personality of the Year?

Ben Ainslie		7%

Freddie Flintoff		11%

Kelly Holmes		50%

Amir Khan		4%

Colin Montgomerie		7%

Matthew Pinsent		14%

RTT		7%

Total: 28 members' votes (8 comments...)

Simple:

Bowside		45%

Strokeside		45%

Darkside		10%

Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...)

Favourite Film Trilogy

Godfather		12%

Lord of the Rings		42%

Back to the Future		15%

Matrix		0%

American Pie		8%

Star Wars (original)		12%

Indiana Jones		8%

Kill Bill		4%

Total: 26 members' votes (44 comments...)

Vote for the Champagne Moment in the BPBCCC FaTBCCC match

(if you can remember!)

Crawford surviving his first ball		38%

Garrod hitting the game's only six		0%

the only Aussie on show (Nigel Kaye) getting the only duck		5%

Lea-Cox winning it for FaT off the last ball of the match		10%

Ingram's sense of humour failure after a dubious lbw decision		38%

Other (state below)		10%

Total: 21 members' votes (9 comments...)

Which Olympic sport would you like to see in 2008?

Clearly there is a lack of erg games in the current Olympic timetable. Which one would you most like to see there?

10m erg test		35%

One arm lowest split		0%

Feet out highest rating		18%

Arms only 2k		18%

Underwater erging		6%

Armchair erging		6%

Beach erging		12%

Synchronised erging		6%

Total: 17 members' votes (1 comment...)

London hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 is...

a good idea		81%

a bad idea		14%

something I'm not sure about		5%

Total: 21 members' votes (10 comments...)

What are the most annoying things about using non boat club gyms?

Anyone who's ever used a gym - even a posh one - in the holidays will have come across some of these...

People who can't row to the extent that it's painful rather than funny		41%

Fat smelly people wearing inappropriate kit to erg in thus showing the room their ugly butt cracks when they erg		18%

The fact that there are 100s of running machines but only 3 ergs stuck in the corner		35%

The fact that you can't see the tv's from the ergs		41%

People who look at you like you're mad when you spend more than 3 minutes on the erg		24%

No bench pull		53%

The ranks of sad looking people on the running machines - why don't they go for a proper run		24%

Lack of natural light as the gym is always in the basement		12%

People who sit on weights machines in between their reps and just stare into space - don't they know some of us are in a hurry!!!		18%

People who don't have the faintest clue about rowing telling you that you've got useless technique		18%

Something else - see below		29%

Total: 17 members' votes (5 comments...)

Daddy or Chips?

Daddy		43%

Chips		57%

Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...)

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